Drum and bugle corps
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Drum and bugle corps is a name used to describe two forms of marching units.
  • Drum and bugle corps (modern)
    Drum and bugle corps (modern)
    A drum and bugle corps, also known as a drum corps, is a musical marching unit consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guard. Typically operating as independent non-profit organizations, drum corps perform in competitions, parades, festivals, and other civic functions...

     — such as those organized by Drum Corps International after 1972, Drum Corps Associates, and other similar international organizations
  • Drum and bugle corps (classic)
    Drum and bugle corps (classic)
    Classic drum and bugle corps are North American musical ensembles that descended from military bugle and drum units returning from World War I and succeeding wars. Traditionally, drum and bugle corps served as signaling units as early as before the American Civil War, with these signaling units...

    — such as those organized by the American Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and "alumni corps" of those organizations
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